Rock Festival Calendar for October [2025–2026]
We’ve gathered festivals taking place in October that feature rock bands.
Autumn festivals are just as exciting as summer ones, with plenty of high-energy events.
The heat may be easing with the season, but the excitement at these events is far from cooling down.
- October Music Festivals [2025]: A roundup of fall festivals, outdoor rock fests, and other music events
- Rock Festival Calendar for November [2025]
- Rock Festival Calendar for October [2025]
- List of Rock Festivals Nationwide [2025]
- Autumn Music Festival Schedule Summary [2025]
- Rock Festival Calendar for September [2025]
- November Music Festivals [2025]: A roundup of music events including autumn festivals and outdoor rock fests
- September Music Festivals [2025]: A roundup of fall festivals, outdoor rock fests, and other music events
- Rock Festival Calendar for December [2025]
- List of Rock Festivals in May [2025]
- Osaka Festival Calendar [2025]: Guide to Music Festivals and Outdoor Events
- List of Rock Festivals in the Kanto Region [2025]
- Rock Festival Calendar for June [2025]
Past events
Grooving jamSat, 10/18, Osaka Prefecture
This is a spring festival held in Osaka that started in 2022. It’s hugely popular among people who love music and fashion, featuring a wide range of genres like dance music and hip-hop, with exciting up-and-coming artists and star-studded lineups. The open-air venue is filled with tracks that will make you want to start dancing, guaranteeing a high-energy, unforgettable stage. Don’t miss the flashy performances and production, either. It’s an event best enjoyed live.
| Schedule | Saturday, October 18, 2025 |
| place | Umeda Club Quattro, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture |
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Bands Shock REVOLUTIONOct 18 (Sat) – 19 (Sun), Osaka Prefecture
| Schedule | Sat, Oct 18 – Sun, Oct 19, 2025 |
| place | Hattori Ryokuchi Open-Air Music Hall, Toyonaka City, Osaka Prefecture |
| Website | https://2023-vm.banz.jp/ |
MIYAKO ISLAND ROCK FESTIVALSat, Oct 18 – Okinawa Prefecture
The Miyakojima Rock Festival, which began in 2005 and has been held every year on Miyako Island. It’s Japan’s earliest summer music festival, set in an unbeatable location where you can gaze out at Okinawa’s beautiful sea and sky—so expectations are high again this year. Why not take part and make it a trip to Okinawa as well?
| Schedule | Saturday, October 18, 2025 |
| place | Okinawa Prefecture, Miyakojima City, Coastal Resort Hirara, Triver District Headland Special Venue (Hirara area of Miyakojima) |
| Website | http://www.mirf.jp |
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GALAXY PARKSun, 10/19, Osaka Prefecture
| Schedule | Sunday, October 19, 2025 |
| place | Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture |
| Website | https://galaxypark.jp/ |
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O.Y.Z NO YAONSun, 10/19, Osaka Prefecture
This event, “O,” which will be held at Osaka Castle Open-Air Music Hall.
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Since it’s “Z NO YAON” (= Oyaji no Yaon), the lineup consists exclusively of adult male groups. Even though they may be “oyaji,” I’m sure each group will showcase a mature coolness that won’t lose out to the younger crowd.
| Schedule | Sunday, October 19, 2025 |
| place | Osaka-jō Hall (Osaka Castle Music Hall), Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture |
Mounted Samurai Rock FestivalSat, Oct 25 – Fukushima Prefecture
The Horseback Warrior Rock Festival is held every year in Minamisoma City, Fukushima Prefecture. It began with the hope of creating a new festival so that people who left the city due to the earthquake disaster and the nuclear accident—those who evacuated—could return home at least once a year. I’ve heard there’s also a fireworks display on the day, making it feel just like a summer festival.
| Schedule | Saturday, October 25, 2025 |
| place | Kitaizumi Seaside General Park, Minamisoma City, Fukushima Prefecture |
| Website | http://kibamusha-rock-fes.com/ |
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